Water-closet-bowl support



Ap 16, 1929- w. E. HINSDALE WATER CLOSET BOWL SUPPORT Filed May 12, 19282 Sheets-Sheet 77 gvENZoR 7 ATTORNEY V April 16, 1929. w. E. HINSDALEWATER CLOSET BOWL SUPPORT 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed May 12, 1928 l NVENTORATTORNEY Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELI) I-IINSDALE, 0F TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE TRENTONIPOTTERIES COMPANY, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Application filed May 12,

This invention relates to water-closet bowl supports and is animprovement upon the support shown in my Patent No. 1,043,834, Nov. 12,1912.

The general object of my present mvention is to provide a support for acloset of thewall hung type, which will carry the bowl 1ndependently ofthe wall, and with a minimum of strain upon the waste piping, while atthe same time permitting the well known Screwthreaded, or Durhamconnection to the waste piping.

More specific objects and advantages of my improved construction willappear more fully hereinafter.

In the drawing, which illustrates, as an example, one form which myinvention may take, Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section,showing my improved support or carrier supporting a closet, Fig. 2 is afront elevation, of the carrier itself, and Fig. 3 1s a plan viewthereof.

As shown in the drawing, the carrier itself includes a floor plate 10,which may be bifurcated as shown and which is adapted to lie under thesurface. Upstanding from the back of this floor plate 10 are theuprights 11. The carrier plate 12is slidably mounted upon the uprights11, the set screws 13 bemg provided for securing the plate to theuprights at any desired level.

The carrier plate 12 is provided with a threaded flanged opening 14which is adapted to receive the externally threaded thrust ring 15. Thisring is preferably provided on the front with one or more holes 16' forthe temporary insertion of pins to facilitate its being rotated forfore-and-aft adjustment.

In the final assembly, as shown in Fig. 1, there is a threaded nipple 16provided. with a flange 17 at the front, the rear surface of whichflange abuts against the thrust ring 15. The rear end of the nipple 16is provided with a male screw which takes into the female screw at theend of the waste pipe elbow 18, thus Pl'OdllCIlllg the usual Durhamfitting with the iron waste pipe, Without the interposition of a leadbond. The forward portion of the nipple 16 is provided. with a femalescrew with which the male screw on the adj ustablc funnel 19 engages.

The closet bowl 20 is provided with an outlet flange 21, between whichand the forward flared end of the funnel 19 the gasket 21 ofWATER-CLOSET-BOWL SUPPORT.

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rubber or other resilient material is inter posed.

The closet bowl is held in place by the securmg bolts 22 which take intothe threaded openings 23, 23 of the carrier plate. The horizontal levelof the bowl is adjusted and maintained by the jack screws 241, 24-,which take into the threaded openings 25, 25, of the carrier plate.

Having described the various parts which go to make up my improvedassembly, and their relationship to each other, I shall now describe themethod of assembling them.

1 start at the time when the waste pipe 18 has been put in place by theinstallers of the rough work, and before the floor surface has beenapplied or the wall built. It is then that the carrier is put in place,with the carrier plate adjusted to, and secured at, a level such thatthe horizontal center line of the opening 14 of the plate coincides withthe horizontal center line of the opening of the elbow 18. The thrustring 15 may be in place at this time.

The construction of the floors and walls may now be completed, it beingunderstood, of course, that an opening is left in the wall through whichthe funnel 19 is to pass. This opening may be of generous size since itwill be covered by the closet bowl.

For attaching the bowl, the next step may be the screwing of the nipple16 into the e bow 18 to form a tight threaded joint at that point. Toassist in the screwing; home of this nipple its front face is preferablyprovided with slots 26 to permit of an iron cross or wrench operation.After this operation the thrust ring is advanced, by turning, until itabuts against the flange 17 of the nipple 16.

The funnel 19, with its rather fin e thread covered with a red lead, orsimilar, mixture, is now screwed into the nipple 16, and positionedtherein at a point determined by the position of the final wall surfaceagainst which the back of the closet is to abut In determining theposition of the funnel provision is made also for compressing the gasket21 sufiiciently to make a tight joint.

The closet may now be hung and secured in position by the bolts 22, thejack screws 21 being adjusted to provide the proper horizontal level.

It is to be aarticularly noted that in the cainstrnetien abovedescribed, while I have at tained an all-threaded or Durham connectionbetween the funnel and the waste piping, and while the gasketed ointbL-JWQQD the closet outlet and the funnel is positively maintained bythe securing bolts 22, I avoid completely threaded or bOib connectionsbe tween the waste piping and the bowl, and between the waste piping andthe closet. The only screw connection to either the carrier or the bowlis that of the securing bolts 22 which hold these two parts together.

Thus I have provided a device which, while including all of theadvantages of the Durham fitting, includes also adequate horizontaladjustment to take care of all ordinary variati ons in wallconstruction, and a resilient contact with the closet bowl through theinterposedgashct, thus allowing for a considerable degree of shifting ofthe piping through thermal expansion or cr'mtraction vithout detrimentto the carrier or bowl.

I have attained the unique combination of Durham connection with thewaste piping with the support of the bowl upon a carrier which is notconnected with the waste piping save through surface contact of two ofthe fittings.

l' i hile l have described the assembling of cert in parts before thecompletion of the walls-tincture and certain parts after, it is to beunderstood that much of the work of assembling as lesired may be donebefore the completion ofthe wall structure, provided only that the finalposition of'the funnel l9 and the securing and leveling of the bowl areleft until after that has been accomplished The terms and expressionswhich I have employed are used as terms of description and not oflimitation, and I have no intention, in the use of such terms andexpressions, of excluding any equivalents of the features described, orportions thereof, but recognize that various modifications are possiblewithin the scope of the invention claimed.

VI hat I claim is: .o

1. file-ans for supporting a wall hung bowl and connecting its outlet toa horizontal opening in the waste piping, said means including incombination a carrier having a floor plate adapted to underlie the floorsurface and a vertically extending portion adapted to underlie the walland including a vertically adjustable member provided with an openingfor alinement with the hor'zo'ntal. opening in the waste piping, anipple adapted to pass hrough the opening in said vertically adjust ablemember and to be secured at its rear end by threaded engagement withinthe horizontal opening of the waste pipe, and provided adjacent thefront end thereof with a flange, adjustable means connected to thevertically extending portion of the carrier adapted to be brought intocontact with the rear surface of said flange, means for securing thebowlto the vertically extending port-ion of th can rier, and adjustablemeans adapted to be interposed between said nipple and the bowl outletto complete the passage from the latter to the waste piping.

2. Means for supporting a wall hun bowl and connecting its outlet to ahorizontal. OPC11- ing in the waste piping, said means including incombination a carrier having a floor plate adaptel to underlie the iioorsurface and a vertically extending portion adapted to underlie the walland including a vertically adjustable member provided with an openingfor alinementwith the horizontal opening in the waste piping, a nippleadapted to pass through the opening in said vertically adjustable memberand to be secured at its rear end by threaded engagement within thehorizontal openingin the waste piping and provided adjacent the frontend thereof with a flange, a thrust ring adjustabl mounted by screwthreaded engagement within the openin g in said vertically adjustablemember and adapted to be brought into contact with the rear surface ofsaid flange, means for securing the bowl to the vertically extendingportion of the carrier, and adjustable means adapted to be interposedbetween said nipple and the bowl outlet to complete the pars sage fromthe latter to the waste piping.

3. lrieans for supporting a wall hung bowl and connecting its outlet toa horizontal opening in the waste piping, said means including incombination a carrier having a floor plate adapted to underlie the floorsurface and a vertically extending portion adapted to underlie the walland including a vertically adjustablemember provided with an opening foralinement with the horizontal opening in the waste piping, a nippleadapted to pass through the opening in said vertically adjustable memberand to be secured at its rear end by threaded engagement within thehorizontal opening of the waste pipe, and provided adj aeent, the frontend thereof with a flange, adjustable means connected to the verticallyextending portion of the carrier adapted to be brought into contact withthe rear surface of said flange, means for securing the bowl to thevertically extending portion of the carrier, adjustable means adapted tobe interposed between said nipple and the bowl outlet to complete thepassage from the latter to the waste piping, said lastnamed meansincluding a funnel in threaded engagement with said nipple, and aresilient gasket adapted to be interposed between the funnel and thebowl outlet, and means upon the vertically extending portion of thecarrier for adjusting the horizontal level of the bowl.

- 4:. Means for supporting a wall hung bowl and connecting its outlet toa horizontal opening in the waste piping, said means including incombination a carrier having a floor plate adapted to underlie the floorsurface and a vertically extending portion adapted to underlie the walland including a vertically adjustable member provided with an openingfor alinement with the horizontal opening in the waste piping a nippleadapted to pass through the opening in said vertically adjustable memberand to be secured at its rear end by threaded engagement within thehorizontal opening in the Waste piping and provided adjacent the frontend thereof with a flange, a thrust ring adjustably mounted by screwthreaded engagement within the opening in said vertically adjustablemember and adapt ed to be brought into contact with the rear surface ofsaid flange, means for securing the bowl to the vertically extendingportion of the carrier, adjustable means adapted to be interposedbetween said nipple and the bowl outlet to complete the passage from thelatter to the waste piping, and means upon the vertically extendingportion of the carrier for adjusting the horizontal level of the bowl.

5. Means for supporting a wall hung bowl and connecting its outlet to ahorizontal opening in the waste piping, said means including incombination a carrier having a floor plate adapted to underlie the floorsurface and a vertically extending portion adapted to underlie the Walland includinga vertically adjustable member provided with an opening foralineinent with the horizontal opening in the waste piping, a nippleadapted to pass through the opening in said vertically adjustable memberand to be secured at its rear end by threaded engagement within thehorizontal opening in the waste piping and provided adjacent the frontend thereof with a flange, a thrust ring adjustably mounted by screwthreaded engagement within the opening in said vertically adjustablemember and adapted to be brought into contact with the rear surface ofsaid flange, means for securing the bowl to the vertically extending portion of the carrier, adjustable means adapted to be interposed betweensaid nipple and the bowl outlet to complete the passage from the latterto the waste piping, said last named means including a funnel inthreaded engagement with said nipple, and a resilient gasket adapted tobe interposed between the funnel and the bowl outlet, and means upon thevertically extending portion of the carrier for adjusting the horizontallevel of the bowl.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my ame to this specification this7th day of ltilay, 1928.

-WINFIELD E. HINSDALE

